Ghost of Honor
{{short description|1957 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ghost of Honor
| image =
| caption =
| director = Isadore Sparber{{cite book|last=Webb|first=Graham|title=The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999)|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7864-4985-9|pages=135}}
Animation:
Myron Waldman (uncredited)
| producer = Abe Goodman
Dave Tendlar (uncredited)
Co-produced by:
Seymour Kneitel
Izzy Sparber
(both uncredited)
| animator = Myron Waldman
Nick Tafuri
| layout_artist = Robert Owen
| background_artist = Robert Owen
| runtime = 6 minutes
| released = {{Film date|1957|07|19|df=yes}}
| starring = Cecil Roy
Mae Questel
Jackson Beck
Jack Mercer
| language = English
| music = Theme song:
Jerry Livingston
Mack David
Additional:
Winston Sharples[https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry?shortID=4562 The Internet Animation Database]
| studio = Paramount Cartoon Studios
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| country = U.S.
}}
Ghost of Honor is a 1957 American animation and comedy film directed by Izzy Sparber.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmweb.pl/film/Ghost+of+Honor-1957-316040|title=Ghost of Honor (1957)|accessdate=2017-07-27 |publisher=filmweb.pl}} The film features Casper the Friendly Ghost{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/62/mode/2up |pages=63–64}} as well as additional music composed by Winston Sharples.
Plot
Casper attends to a premiere of one of his cartoons and is interviewed about how he became a star via a lively account of his venture to the Paramount Animation Studios.[https://letterboxd.com/film/ghost-of-honor/ Letterboxd][https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/famous-studios-paramount-animation-1956-57/ Famous Studios Paramount Animation 1956-57|Cartoon Research]
Cast
- Cecil Roy as Casper
- Mae Questel as Phone Operator, Painter (uncredited)
- Jackson Beck as TV Reporter, Cartoon Story Man, Cartoonist{{cite web |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/225644-ghost-of-honor/komentare/|title=Ghost of Honor|accessdate=2017-07-27 |publisher=csfd.cz}}
- Jack Mercer as Cartoon Story Man, Artist
- Additional voices are provided by Sid Raymond, Norma Macmillan and Gwen Davies
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0148214}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrcCBL6rT4I Ghost of Honor on Casper's official YouTube channel]
{{Casper the Friendly Ghost}}
Category:1957 animated short films
Category:American comedy short films
Category:Casper the Friendly Ghost films
Category:Films directed by Isadore Sparber
Category:Paramount Pictures short films
Category:American animated short films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films about filmmaking
Category:Films scored by Winston Sharples